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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $41,405–$69,009
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Orientalist Sale, London · 26 October 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4970404
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Lear, Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2021, lot 10. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4970404.
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Edward Lear, Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2021, lot 10. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4970404.
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From the same sale The Orientalist Sale · Oct 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedouin Riders | Otto Von Faber Du Faur | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Prayer in the Mosque, Cairo | Frederick Arthur Bridgman | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| The Gorge at Suk Wady Barada, Lebanon | Edward Lear | £14,000–£18,000 | |
| The Musicians | Rudolf Ernst | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| At Prayer | Jean-léon Gérome | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Inspecting the Sword | Addison Thomas Millar | £15,000–£20,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lear | The Campagna di Roma taken from Cervara | $51,485 | Bonhams, Sep 2021 | |
| Edward Lear | Monte Soratte near Rome, Italy | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Edward Lear | Parga, Greece; and Monastir, Albania | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Edward Lear | Kom Ombos, Egypt | Christie's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Edward Lear | Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling, India | Christie's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Edward Lear | The Campagna di Roma | Bonhams, Sep 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | The Nile at Kaasr-es-Saiyyad | Christie's, Jul 2008 | ||
| Edward Lear | Campagna of Rome, Alexandrine Aqueduct | Christie's, Jun 2026 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.